Corset



(No Model.)

G. D NICHOLS.

CORSET.

No. 359,225. Patented Mar. 8, 1887.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE D. NICHOLS, OF NEW CANAAN, CONNECTICUT.

CORSET.

-SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 359,225, dated March 8, 1887.

' Application filed December 11,1886. Serial No. 221,265. mi model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE D. NIcHoLs, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New Canaan, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corsets, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to so construct a corset as to afford an effective support to the skirt of the wearer, and also to provide for sinking the buckle of a shoulderstrap upon the corset; to which end it consists of the novel features hereinafter de scribed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a rear view of a corset embodying my invention. Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are detail views of parts.

The letter A designates the two sections of the corset-body, each having a stay, B, arranged in a pocket, C, on the rear portion thereof, these stays being preferably curved, as shown. The letterD indicates askirt-supporter, which is connected to each of the stays B at a point below the waistline of the corset, thereby taking a position below the waist band of the skirts that may be worn over the corset, and aifordinga support to the skirt by that means.

The supporters D are composed of pads, and each is provided with a hook, E, of sheet metal or other rigid material, which is fitted in guides 0, formed upon the stays to slide therein, so that the pads can be readily attached and detached from the stays by sliding the same into or out of said guides.

In order to permit the introduction of the hook E below the. covering of the corset a slit or incision, S, is made in said covering at the proper point. In the example shown the guides o for the hooks E of the pads are formed by properly striking up the sheet metal of which the stays are composed; but it is evident that said guides may be formed in other ways. The construction of the supports D may be varied and the same may be of any desired shape, they being in this example in the form of a roll,which projects outwardly from the corset when in position.

The letter G designates a buckle, which is connected to the body of the corset, as by means of a tape, for securing one end of a shoulder-strap that may be used in connection with the corset, said buckle being in the example on the side portion of the article under the arm. At a point opposite to the buckle G the corset is out out to form an opening, I, of a suitable size to receive the buckle entirely within it; and it will be seen that by this construction the buckle is permitted to sink into the corset, thereby leaving the same substantially smooth or free from projections when worn.

If desirable, the corset may be provided with a backingin the rear of the opening I, to keep the buckle out of contact with the garment worn under the corset.

If desirable, the hooks E may have shoulders i, for holding the support firmly in place.

By the curvature of the stays B they are adapted to fit the small of the back, and, due to the close embrace of the corset with the body produced by that means,a veryfirm support is afforded by the pads D without discomfort to the wearer.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, isg 1. The combination, with a corset, of stays fitted in pockets on the rear portion thereof, and constructed with guides 0, and the pads constructed with hooks which are fitted in said guides of the stays, substantially as shown and described.

2. A corset having abuckle connected therewith to receive a shoulder-strap, and having an opening beneath the said buckle to permit the latter to sink in the corset, substantially as shown and described.

. 3. A corset having pockets on both sides of the lacing, provided with curved upright and downright stays carrying skirt-s11 pporters below the waistline of said corset, substan tially as shown and described.

GEORGE D. NICHOLS.

IVi tnesses:

JAS. S. EWBANK, FRANCIS C. BOWEN. 

